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Bedfordshire blue tit's lucky escape from cooker hood | |
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An adventurous blue tit had a lucky escape when it fell into an oily cooker hood at a house in Luton. | |
The bird had become trapped in the extractor and was rescued by an RSPCA officer using "a spatula and spoon to release it from the grease". | |
Staff at Bedfordshire Wildlife Rescue cleaned "gunk" off the bird before incubating and releasing it safely. | |
They initially believed it had fallen into the oven but the RSPCA confirmed it got no further than the hood. | |
RSPCA animal welfare officer Kate Wright described it as "the most peculiar rescue I have ever done". | |
'Very tricky' | |
She had to kneel on the hob and remove the front and sides of the cooker hood before using kitchen utensils to retrieve the hapless bird. | |
It was a "very tricky rescue", she said. | |
Rescue centre manager Sam Bedford, who later looked after the bird, said she had never seen such a "mischievous" blue tit. | |
"When he was brought in he was absolutely covered in a horrible greasy mess. He was very lucky." | |
The bird was given fluids, cleaned and incubated, then the process was repeated. | |
"The last thing we wanted was for him to start preening before we'd thoroughly removed the gunk," Mrs Bedford added. | "The last thing we wanted was for him to start preening before we'd thoroughly removed the gunk," Mrs Bedford added. |
"I have no idea how he got himself into that position. | "I have no idea how he got himself into that position. |
"Robins get into lots of mischief, getting into sheds and all sorts of places, but I've never seen a blue tit get into this sort of scrape before." | "Robins get into lots of mischief, getting into sheds and all sorts of places, but I've never seen a blue tit get into this sort of scrape before." |
The fully-recovered bird was released the day after he had been brought in. |
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